runway is the longest public runway in mississippi . the airport , which has been in service since 1930 , offers daily flights to dallas / fort worth , tx . during the great depression , residents of the city contemplated abandoning the airport because of the cost of maintenance , but in 1935 brothers fred and al key , managers of the airport , thought of a way to keep the airport operating . from june 4 until july 1 , 1935 , the brothers flew over the city in their plane , the " ole miss . " the record they established in their 27 days al ##oft , totaling 65 ##3 hours and 34 minutes , attracted enough publicity and funds to the city to
runway is the longest public runway in mississippi. the airport, which has been in service since 1930, offers daily flights to dallas / fort worth, tx. during the great depression, residents of the city contemplated abandoning the airport because of the cost of maintenance, but in 1935 brothers fred and al key, managers of the airport, thought of a way to keep the airport operating. from june 4 until july 1, 1935, the brothers flew over the city in their plane, the " ole miss. " the record they established in their 27 days aloft, totaling 653 hours and 34 minutes, attracted enough publicity and funds to the city to